Training for employment: an analysis of the business sector context in Spain

Abstract

Vocational training appears as the main active employment policy. Its importance is in the necessity of employers to count on an adequate human capital to deal with the new demands of the production field, capable to adapt to technological changes and increase the levels of competitiveness. Training has an important role when obtaining high levels of professional insertion and as an instrument which has a major influence on the professionalization and specialization of the workers. The training role in the labour world is well defined from a theoretical point of view, but it must not be forgotten one of the main actors on this process, such as the entrepreneurs. Thus, the main objective of this article lays in the analysis of vocational training within the Spanish companies.